The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-12-21

denly crossed your mind just as
you had exposed the real purpose
of your Third party movement.
But the question remains, what
are your views in reference to the
amendment? Let us see.
You say that the anne ndment
will be in danger "of becoming a
by.word and a reproach" if it be
adopted "before a party can be Or
ganized for it's enforcement" And
you charge that neither of the "old
parties" will either pass or execute
laws for the enforcement of the
amendment if adopted, conceding
at the same time that your new
and better party" is not yet strong
enough for this purpose. The only
legitimate conclusion, therefore,
which can be drawn from what you
say is, that you don't want the
amendment adopted until the ad.
vent of your new and better par.
ty" to power. And that such is
your real object and purpose, is
proved by the manner in which
you speak and write of everybody
who don't agree with you in your
Third party folly. You know, as
we'll as any one that we must have
at least 5000 votes to adopt the
amendment, and that your social.
ed party has but 1882 to start
with. Therefore in order to the
success of the amendment we must
have at least 73,548 votes given by
persons now in the "old parties"
1t is fact we'll understood by all
intelligent writers and speakers
that in order to gain converts to
any cause they must convince the
judgment or enlist the sympathiee
of the persons they address. Now
let US see if you come to us for these
3,548 votes in way by which
you either desire or hope to secure
them. You start out by telling US
how high and holy and pure you
and your party are, and that you
are greatly our superiors in every
thing, and then how low, mean
and contemplate we are as com.
pared to you. You tell us in sui {.
stance that we are gang of cor
rupt scoundrels, banded together
without principles, and that we
are imbeciles, towards, purjurers,
and the associates of Democratic
vultures and Republican vam-
pires.
1t would be paying a poor com
pliment to your intellect to sup
pose that you had the slightest ex.
pectation Of inducing any of US in
this way to join your party, to car
ry the amendment. The truth is,
and there is no use to attempt to
disguise it, you don't want our
votes for the amendment, on our
own party tickets, and therefore,
you adopt the surest method of
driving a sufficient number of ue
from its support to defeat it; know.
ing, as you DO, that we will have
nothing to do with your Third par
ty. It is true, as l have said be-
fore, that there are men in both
old parties who care more for their
party than they do for temperance,
but who will vote for the amend
ment in case their party is not in
jured thereby, and will add here
that there is hardly doubt but
what this class of voters, small as
they are compared to the whole,
hold the balance of power between
the contending forces, and you
know perfectly we'll that the meth
DDS you have adopted are certain to
repel and not to win that class of
voters. The difference between
you and US, who are the real friends
of the amendment, is that we are
prohibitionists for prohibitions
sake, while you are Prohibitionists
simply to help build up your al.
legged "new and better party" We
want prohibition now regardless
of all party considerations, while
you want it only when your party
comes into power. And in addi-
ton to the elegant and heightened
language you apply to all of US,
your disciples even go 30 far as to
charge that the proposed amend